Tracyann Lockwood

• Helped clients maintain daily living standards by assisting with personal hygiene needs.
• Completed general housekeeping work to help clients, including preparing healthy meals and keeping personal areas neat.
• Monitored vital signs and medication use, documenting variances and concerning responses.
• Transported clients to locations such as medical appointments and group meetings to maintain social connections and meet medical needs.
• Worked with supervisory medical staff to review cases and improve care.
• Oversaw and planned resident schedules by coordinating doctor appointments, exercise routines, recreational activities and family visits.
• Ambulated individuals with safe and effective strategies around home, public and medical locations.
• Assisted patients with daily personal hygiene such as bathing, dressing and grooming.
• Administered all necessary medications as directed by care plan.
• Directed patients in simple prescribed exercises, including passive and active ROM to maintain musculoskeletal functions and increase strength.
• Supervised and supported activities of daily living such as medication administration and personal hygiene.
• Monitored clients' progress to report necessary changes.
• Laundered clothing and bedding and changed linens as needed to prevent spread of infection.
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Primed dialyzer with saline or heparinized solutions and followed formula directions when preparing dialysate.

• Attached dialyzer and tubing to dialysis machines for use in hemodialysis treatment.
• Followed infection control measures when cleaning and attaching hemodialysis machine to access sites like fistulas, catheters, and grafts.
• Eased patients' anxiety by explaining dialysis procedures and dialysis machine operations.
• Inspected equipment and conducted safety checks on equipment and instruments to maintain high-quality control standards.
• Transported patients from rooms and prepared for treatments.
• Sustained hemodialysis workflow by inventorying and restocking needed equipment and supplies.
• Initiated and terminated reverse osmosis water system and performed water quality monitoring tests prior to dialysis initiation.
• Cleaned and sanitized rooms and equipment using aseptic technique to prevent infection and cross-contamination.
• Assisted doctors, nurses and support staff with preparation for and conducting patient procedures.
• Collected lab specimens in adherence with safety protocols for patient tests.
• Collected, documented and reviewed patient medical histories and relayed important factors to supervising clinicians.
• Monitored and maintained aseptic techniques throughout procedures.
• Responded to patient alarms and needs-assessment requests to identify course of treatment.
• Took and documented patients' vital statistics, including weight,temperature, blood pressure and pulse and respiration rates, before and after dialysis treatment.

• Primed dialyzer with saline or heparinized solutions and followed formula directions when preparing dialysate.
• Followed infection control measures when cleaning and attaching hemodialysis machine to access sites like fistulas, catheters, and grafts.
• Improved patient care, safety and compliance by partnering with nurses.
• Promoted patient satisfaction by assisting with daily living needs such as bathing, dressing, toileting and exercising.
• Documented information in patient charts and communicated status updates to interdisciplinary care team.
• Assisted doctors, nurses and support staff with preparation for and conducting patient procedures.
• Calibrated equipment for optimal use and to obtain accurate diagnostic results.
• Tracked patients during tests and surgeries with assistance of EEG, EP instruments and video recording equipment.
• Monitored and maintained aseptic techniques throughout procedures.
• Collected, documented and reviewed patient medical histories and relayed important factors to supervising clinicians.
• Responded to patient alarms and needs-assessment requests to identify course of treatment.
• Coordinated patient care needs with healthcare team and delivered compassionate assistance with activities of daily living.

• Relayed messages from patients to physicians about concerns, condition updates or refill requests to facilitate effective treatment.
• Supported functions for diagnostic and technical treatment procedures, including setting up and operating special medical equipment and apparatuses.
• Organized charts, documents and supplies to maintain team efficiency.
• Assisted physicians by preparing patients for procedures, including but not limited to EKGs, phlebotomy, glucose testing and pulmonary function tests.
• Assisted patients in preparation for examinations, assessing and recording vital signs.
• Sterilized medical instruments as needed.
• Discontinued dialysis treatment according to established procedures.
• Initiated dialysis treatment according to prescribed orders.
• Monitored patient stability by checking vital signs and weight.
• Assessed, documented and monitored vital signs for more than 12 patients per day.
• Recorded vital signs and medical history for 12patients each shift.